Hi there. We're back answering your questions on Corona virus and the confusion revolving around the viruses symptoms. Joining us once again is Dr Lena Wen, an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University. Dr. Wen also served as Baltimore's health commissioner. Thanks again for being here. Dr Wen. Happy to be with you before we get into these questions. I have to say you just had a baby like we're talking about days ago, not weeks ago. And we're looking at some of the photos of of you and your family right now. Beautiful. Congratulations. Thank you very much. I'm glad to be back, Especially during this time of public health crisis in our country. How are you feeling? I feel great. Thank you for asking. All right, well, we're happy you're back with us, too, because this is this is an important time. Let's get right to it. There are a lot of people at home right now who just didn't get tested but who did have symptoms and probably had it. Let's say they feel better, right? They've had it for a couple of weeks. Three weeks, They feel better. They're walking around like normal around their home. When can they go out again? It's a very good question, and right now we don't have the exact answer because we don't know form. How long afterwards could you still be carrying the virus? Even if your symptoms have gone, it's important to discuss this with your doctor. And certainly while you're having symptoms, you should not be going out. Here's a question I keep getting from viewers. Does the degree of symptoms you get depend on how you contracted the virus. For example, if you contracted through the air, your symptoms are less severe than if you were to kiss someone who had it or your symptoms less severe. If you get it off of, I don't know your grocery back yours. Degree of severity depends on how much virus you got exposed to, which is why health care workers who are around people who are ill and who may carry ah lot of virus why health care workers get particularly sick. So again, this is why we all have to practice social distancing. And that's the one sure way for us to prevent transmission in the first place. We're hearing reports about cases in South Korea, where patients who had Corona virus were reinfected. Is there any truth to this or because we've been hearing that you have some level of immunity If you get it based on other similar types of viruses, it would be reasonable to assume that one would develop immunity once one gets Corona virus meeting that you should not be able to be re infected. We don't know this for a fact. There are some case reports where it looked like people did get reinfected. However, those cases might be because off inaccurate testing or because somebody didn't actually fully recover and then got sick again as opposed to getting reinfected. So there's more research to be done. But in the meantime, we should not assume that just because you had Corona virus, that you've developed immunity. That could be the case. But let's not assume until we get the studies back, I think it's a very important point. Dr. Wen, Thank you so much for being with us. Thank you. Congratulations again for you at home. Here's how you can send your questions to me on Facebook. At Rawson reports on Instagram and Twitter. You confined the at Jeff Rawson. We look forward to hearing from you. Stay safe out there. Back to you

We know you have a lot of questions about the coronavirus. Each day, we'll seek to answer them, by consulting our database of experts to get you accurate information on a range of topics. Check back tomorrow for another round. Submit a question of your own here.Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, answers viewers' questions: When is it safe for people who have recovered to go out? Does the degree of symptoms depend on how you contracted the virus? And, are you immune after you've recovered?Watch the video above for answers to those questions and more.

We know you have a lot of questions about the coronavirus. Each day, we'll seek to answer them, by consulting our database of experts to get you accurate information on a range of topics. Check back tomorrow for another round. Submit a question of your own here.

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Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, answers viewers' questions: When is it safe for people who have recovered to go out? Does the degree of symptoms depend on how you contracted the virus? And, are you immune after you've recovered?